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November 5, 2013
| Kaladan Press
In the last week of October, the Buthidaung court convicted 69 Rohingyas for participating in the June 2012 violence. They received prison sentences...
November 5, 2013
| Mizzima
The House of Representatives (Lower House) of Myanmar's Parliament has approved the media bill as part of its bid to promote media development and...
November 5, 2013
| KNG
Representatives from 17 of the 18 major ethnic armed groups have endorsed the government’s nationwide ceasefire agreement, but only if political...
November 4, 2013
| Mizzima
Workers at a Yangon garment factory have entered the second week of a strike called over the sacking of a colleague and the installation of CCTV...
November 4, 2013
| Mizzima
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi returned to Yangon Saturday after two-week-long visit to five European countries - Belgium, Luxembourg,...
November 4, 2013
| Narinjara
The authority has tighten the security net in many villages under Pauk Taw township, 30 miles east of Arakan capital city, Sittwe after the murder of...
November 4, 2013
| Phophtaw
Myanmar merchants from Karen and Mon states met with their Thai counterparts in the Thai border town Mae Sot met last Wednesday. The meeting was held...
November 1, 2013
| Mizzima
The leaders of armed ethnic groups meeting in Laiza are considering extending their talks amid progress towards reaching a common position on a...
November 1, 2013
| Mizzima
Government forces and the Kachin Independence Army have blamed each other for renewed fighting in southern Kachin State that relief workers say has...
November 1, 2013
| Kaladan Press
Arakan state border police (Hluntin) beat a Rohingya fisherman to death on Tuesday, according to friend Mohamod.
November 1, 2013
| Narinjara
The Burmese security forces have arrested at least 36 boat people from Bangladesh till Tuesday evening, said Maungdaw district police chief U Shwe...
November 1, 2013
| KNG
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) were forced to abandon one of their posts in Shan state's Kyaukme township on Wednesday following a two...
November 1, 2013
| Phophtaw
Clashes between Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) battalion 12 and government IB 143 and 45 broke out after the armed groups accidently crossed...
October 31, 2013
| KIC
A report launched this week by the Burma News International highlighted the impact of business on the country’s fragile peace process.
October 31, 2013
| Mizzima
President Thein Sein called on leaders of ethnic armed groups to work with the government to ensure both national peace and unity in a letter to the...